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Matt Barnes apparently thinks there's a double standard in the NBA. After the league announced Monday that Houston Rockets shooting guard James Harden would be suspended one game without pay for kicking Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James in the groin area during Sunday's game, Barnes took to Twitter to express his dissatisfaction with what he deemed an insufficient punishment. Tweeted Barnes: "BY THE WAY I GET FINNED 25k 4 KICKING A GATORADE CUP... LET ME KICK LEBON & THE @NBA WOULD TRY & PUT ME IN JAIL..." Barnes has been fined $50,000 so far this season. He was fined $25,000 for "inappropriate language" toward a fan during the Clippers'...

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Matt Barnes apparently thinks there's a double standard in the NBA.
After the league announced Monday that Houston Rockets shooting guard James Harden would be suspended one game without pay for kicking Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James in the...

Blake Griffin has intensified his workouts since undergoing elbow surgery and could return as soon as Sunday, which would qualify as perfect timing for the Clippers and the NBA.
The Clippers play the Golden State Warriors, the team with the best record...

The Clippers nearly ended their four-game trip on a low.
A real big low.
Playing against the Minnesota Timberwolves, who are in last place in the Western Conference, the Clippers gave up an 18-point lead to narrowly escape with a 110-105 win on Monday....

The debate about who would step up the most in Blake Griffin's absence may have been settled by Doris Marten, of all people.
Marten is a Clippers massage therapist. She likes to place thin strips of masking tape denoting her picks for the game's most...

The scowl that Chris Paul wears like part of his uniform vanished as he walked off the court Friday night.
The Clippers point guard exchanged quickie hugs with counterparts from the Memphis Grizzlies before pausing to smile for a photo with a courtside...

The Clippers didn't have to wait long for a do-over.
Only four days after suffering an excruciating loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, Chris Paul and the Clippers can put the disappointment behind them Friday at FedEx Forum in the quickie rematch.
The...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- In the world according to Matt Barnes, the NBA should have gone even further than it did Friday when it announced it would start publicly disclosing reports on officials' calls in the last two minutes of close games.
"What about...

It was a homecoming of sorts when Jordan Hamilton joined the Clippers here.
Hamilton is from Los Angeles and grew up going to Clippers games at Staples Center because he played on Lamar Odom's summer club team.
"When he was with the Clippers,...

What transpired here Wednesday night could hardly be called a playoff preview, even though the Clippers and Houston Rockets are currently aligned to meet in the first round.
The Rockets were missing starters Dwight Howard and Patrick Beverley, both of...

Just when it seemed like the Clippers could safely venture anywhere without Blake Griffin, the Memphis Grizzlies provided a refresher on how perilous life can be without the All-Star forward.
The Clippers couldn't complete a frantic comeback against...

With Blake Griffin injured, the Los Angeles Clippers are finding out who else can contribute. Austin Rivers showed he can bring some offense, scoring a career-high 28 points in 26 minutes off the bench, helping the Clippers beat the Sacramento Kings...

The sequence had a rhythm to it, even if it robbed the game of any semblance of one.
The San Antonio Spurs would place their arms on DeAndre Jordan's upper body, the crowd would boo and the Clippers center would step to the free-throw line.
It...

The Los Angeles Clippers stumbled in their first test without Blake Griffin. The Clippers announced before their game at Oklahoma City on Sunday that the All-Star forward would be out indefinitely because of a staph infection in his right elbow. Without...

It finally happened, 20 months and 133 games into Doc Rivers' tenure with the Clippers.
His team lost a third consecutive game in the regular season.
It seemed unlikely when the Clippers held a 20-point lead over the Toronto Raptors in the...

It's the game that will never go away, not as long as Blake Griffin needs motivation or a reminder of what could have been.
As painful as it is to relive, the Clippers forward has watched Game 5 of his team's playoff collapse against the Oklahoma City...

Here are five takeaways from the Clippers' 102-98 win over the Denver Nuggets on Monday.
1. The Clippers are streaking
The Clippers have won five games in a row, their second-biggest streak of the season. They won nine games in a row Nov. 24 through...

The Clippers had to grind through Monday's game against the Denver Nuggets, grind through their own sluggish play for a majority of the night.
And like his teammates, Jamal Crawford had to grind through a tough shooting night — for three quarters. Then...

For Matt Barnes, it was less a whodunit than a matter of who it was directed toward.
The Clippers forward acknowledged using vulgar language with Phoenix owner Robert Sarver during the Suns-Clippers game Sunday at US Airways Center.
But an NBA...

It was only the first stop of an eight-game, 7,399-mile trip, and already the Clippers appeared completely drained.
They couldn't sustain any offensive rhythm. Shooting guard J.J. Redick could only watch from the bench because of back spasms. Even more...

SAN ANTONIO -- Sitting on a stage inside the Clippers' practice facility on media day, Matt Barnes labeled new Clippers teammate Spencer Hawes as one of the most overlooked free-agent pickups of the summer.
There have been times the last four months when...